From WSJ:No newcomers had a good weekend at the box office.Five new movies went into wide release this weekend, and all of them flopped – some to record-setting effect.“Steve Jobs,” “The Last Witch Hunter,” “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension,” “Rock the Kasbah” and “Jem and the Holograms” all fell short, with only “Witch Hunter” cracking $10 million. “Kasbah” and “Jem” now rank among the worst openings in movie history.Instead, holdovers “The Martian” and “Goosebumps” came in first and second place, respectively. “The Martian” grossed an estimated $15.9 million in the U.S. and Canada, bringing its total to an impressive $166 million. “Goosebumps” held strong in its second week, collecting $15.5 million for a cumulative $43.7 million. “Bridge of Spies” fell only 26% and grossed an additional $11.4 million in third place. The Tom Hanks espionage drama is now at $32.9 million and appears to be the slow-and-steady hit of the fall.Then the box-office bloodbath begins.“The Last Witch Hunter,” starring Vin Diesel in the title role, grossed a dismal $10.8 million in fourth place. “Paranormal Activity,” which has garnered significant attention thanks to an unusual distribution strategy that’s kept it from playing in most major theater chains, missed expectations and scared up only $8.2 million.“Steve Jobs,” the biopic starring Michael Fassbender as the Apple Inc. co-founder, was expected to lead the pack but instead collected a weak $7.3 million from its first weekend in wide release. The “Steve Jobs” opening is far below the $22.4 million debut of writer Aaron Sorkin’s last take on Silicon Valley executives, the Oscar-winning “The Social Network.” It’s barely better than the $6.7 million opening of “Jobs,” the widely panned 2013 film starring Ashton Kutcher as the voluble businessman.

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